Windows Movie Maker Exploding / Freezing

[Nanook]

I have Windows XP-Professional with service pack 2. I have been using
Windows Movie Maker to edit videos I've shot (camera saves in .avi file) and
then write them out as NTSC quality video files which I then burn to DVD with
Nero Vision Express 3.

Recently however, Movie Maker started either exploding or locking up when I
try to import video files, or if it makes it past that stage when I try to
move them to the story line.

This seemed to start after I installed a xvid codec package that overwrote
some existing codec's. I don't know how to restore the originals without
completely re-installing windows which I am not real excited about doing.

 

[John Inzer]

I have Windows XP-Professional with service pack 2. I have been using
Windows Movie Maker to edit videos I've shot (camera saves in .avi
file) and then write them out as NTSC quality video files which I
then burn to DVD with Nero Vision Express 3.

Recently however, Movie Maker started either exploding or locking up
when I try to import video files, or if it makes it past that stage
when I try to move them to the story line.

This seemed to start after I installed a xvid codec package that
overwrote some existing codec's. I don't know how to restore the
originals without completely re-installing windows which I am not
real excited about doing.

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Just for reference...you may want to read
the messages about Xvid files in the thread
at following link:
http://tinyurl.com/z8xju

No guarantees...but it may be worth a try to
do a system restore to a time before the
issue began.

Windows XP:
(306084) HOW TO: Restore the Operating
System to a Previous State in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306084

Using Windows Vista
System Restore
http://tinyurl.com/2qhd77

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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